“the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom”
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“The ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom” James O’Toole
O’Toole refers to what he considers to be the strongest resistance to change initiatives. It is cultural in nature and easily understandable, given the fact that those who defend the current status quo were probably involved in replacing the previous…
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